Insulin Resistance (Diabetes)

Insulin plays a crucial role in regulating glucose levels in the body by transporting glucose to various cells for storage or immediate use. 

Optimal health requires muscle, liver, kidney, and brain cells to readily uptake glucose, a process known as insulin sensitivity. Glucose is not inherently harmful, especially when consumed as part of its natural food matrix. However, issues arise with modified glucose molecules, such as high fructose corn syrup, which is unnaturally extracted and refined from corn.

Excess fructose can damage the liver and its ability to store glycogen, leading to increased stress on the pancreas to produce insulin.

Most important issue impacting insulin sensitivity is poor quality fats, such as omega-6 fatty acids, negatively impacting cell membrane fluidity, affecting our ability to store, retrieve, and burn glucose for energy. Excess omega-6 intake also impairs the utilization of healthy fats, including omega-3, monounsaturated, and saturated fats. Previously, less than 5% of daily calories came from omega-6 fats, but now the average intake exceeds 20%, disrupting cellular balance and contributing to metabolic dysfunction. Correcting omega-6 imbalances improves our ability to utilize glucose and ketones as fuel and enhances insulin sensitivity for better glucose uptake by cells. www.livefresh.me/food/omega6

Quick Tips for Improving Pancreatic Health and Insulin Sensitivity

• Electrolytes such as magnesium, potassium, and sodium help dissolve tissue calcification. Not only do electrolytes de-calcify the body, they increase improve muscle relaxation and contraction improving energy transport.

• All other essential trace minerals restore enzyme system function that are a precursor to effective metabolic function. Improving metabolism naturally pushes out metabolic inhibitors such as heavy metal and use excess iron in the body causing oxidation. www.livefresh.me/heavymetals

• Amino acid Taurine aids in driving calcium into the bones, improves bile conjugation for digestion of fats and fat soluble vitamins. All of this improves organ function.

• Artificial Sweeteners impair insulin signaling by providing sweetness without calories, confusing the body's insulin response and promoting insulin resistance.

See my page on fluoride, bromide and chlorine. It very important to reduce our exposure to these toxic halogens and replace them with a lugols solution of iodine. Fluoride also has a role in calcifying our pineal gland and that can disrupt our sleep. The less we sleep the more insulin resistant we become. www.livefresh.me/fluoride

Last but not the least the most important path to restoring insulin sensitivity is by reducing our intake of vitamin A. Keep the www.livefresh.me/a page handy for understanding just how easy it is to get overloaded on this hormone. It includes a database of foods and their values of carotenoids and retinol. Vitamin A contributes to organ calcification of the beta and islet cells of the pancreas, potentially hitting a child in utero with genetic susceptibility to type one diabetes. Two in Grant Genereux's blog have reversed type 1 diabetes with ultra low vitamin A diet.

I think pairing these strategies with essential minerals is the single most effective strategy for reversing type 2 diabetes and with extreme discipline reversing type 1.